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Kuwait Info Ministry to offer bidding on OTT digital platform
Kuwait: The Ministry of Information announced on Sunday that it finalized the investment bidding process to establish an Over-The-Top (OTT) platform in line with its digital transformation plan.OTT offers television and film content using the internet at the request of clients through subscription.Speaking on the issue, the Ministry spokesperson Anwar Murad said that the ministry's OTT platform would focus its content on promoting Kuwaiti culture...
Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet's Biography and Islamic Civilization
ICESCO Museum of Prophet's Biography, using technologies to present prophet's history
Rabat: he Exhibition and Museum of the Prophet's Biography and Islamic Civilization at the headquarters of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) in Morocco, sheds light on the aspects and history of the prophet's biography through using recent technology.This edition of the exhibition is a mobile version of the fair, headquartered in Medina, Saudi Arabia.A model of one of the Prophet's chambersA model of one...
Thick smoke rises during an eruption from Mount Merapi, Indonesia, most active volcano, as seen from Tunggularum village in Sleman on March 11, 2023.
Indonesia's Merapi volcano erupts, covers villages in ash
Yogyakarta: Indonesia's Mount Merapi, one of the world's most active volcanoes, erupted on Saturday, spewing out smoke and ash that blanketed villages near the crater.There were no immediate reports of casualties, the country's disaster mitigation agency said.Images broadcast on local outlet Kompas TV showed ash-covered houses and roads at a village near the volcano, located on Java Island, near Indonesia's cultural capital Yogyakarta.The Merapi...
Abdulaziz Ammash, the counsellor of the Kuwait permanent mission at the UN
Kuwait calls for action against promoting hatred
New York: Kuwait has affirmed necessity of taking international-level steps to counter media rhetoric of hatred and tackle factors that feed Islamophobia.Abdulaziz Ammash, the counsellor of the Kuwait permanent mission at the UN, said that a serious move must be examined vis a vis misleading messages by some media outlets, based on pre-judgements that lack evidences toward Islam.He was addressing a session of the UN General Assembly for...
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Russia says extending Ukraine grain deal 'complicated'
Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that extending a deal that allowed grain exports from Ukraine to resume was becoming "complicated" as he claimed it was not being properly implemented.Russia's military intervention last February saw Ukraine's Black Sea ports blocked by warships until a deal last summer allowed for the safe passage of exports of critical grain supplies.The UN and Turkey-brokered deal will automatically...
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Bayern see off PSG to reach Champions League quarter-finals
Munich: Bayern Munich ended the Champions League hopes of Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday, beating the French club 2-0 in the second leg of their last-16 tie to reach the quarter-finals 3-0 on aggregate.Leading 1-0 from the first leg in Paris last month, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting put Bayern in front on the night at the Allianz Arena and substitute Serge Gnabry wrapped up the victory a minute from time.Bayern were worthy winners against a flat PSG...
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Milan hold off toothless Tottenham to reach Champions League quarter-finals
London: AC Milan progressed to the quarter-finals of the Champions League for the first time since 2012 as the Italian champions held out for a 0-0 draw at 10-man Tottenham to win 1-0 on aggregate.A European elimination hot on the heels of an exit from the FA Cup means Tottenham's 15-year wait to win a trophy will extend for at least another season.Antonio Conte's return to the touchline failed to inspire a response from his side as Tottenham...
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6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks southern Philippines: USGS
Manila: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, with local authorities warning of aftershocks and possible damage.The shallow quake struck at about 2:00 pm (0600 GMT), a few kilometres from Maragusan municipality in the mountainous gold-mining province of Davao de Oro on Mindanao island.Shallow earthquakes tend to cause more harm than deeper ones, but there were no immediate confirmed...
This file photo released by the Metropolitan Police on July 09, 2021, shows British police officer Wayne Couzens, 48, jailed for the murder of Sarah Everard.
Ex-UK policeman, jailed for murder, convicted of indecent exposure
London: A former UK policeman jailed for life for murder was sentenced to an additional 19 months in prison on Monday for indecent exposure, raising questions about whether he could have been stopped sooner.Wayne Couzens, 50, is already serving a rare whole-life sentence for the kidnap, rape and murder of London woman Sarah Everard after he snatched her off the streets in March 2021.He admitted to indecently exposing himself to other women, in...
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Arab League: Kuwait to host Arab Information Ministers executive meeting
Cairo: Kuwait will host the 16th regular session of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Information Ministers' meeting on March 15, the Arab League announced."These meetings create the opportunity to continue the discussion on the most effective mechanisms for activating media action plan and updating the joint Arab media strategy to combat terrorism," said the League's Assistant Secretary-General for Media and Communication Affairs Ahmad...
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Saudi deposits $5bn in quake-hit Turkey's central bank
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia said Monday it was depositing $5 billion in Turkey's central bank, a potentially major boost as the country grapples with inflation and damage from last month's earthquake ahead of presidential elections.Ahmed Al Khateeb, the Saudi tourism minister and board chairman of the Saudi Fund for Development, signed an agreement with Turkish central bank governor Sahap Kavcioglu "to make a significant $5 billion deposit", the Saudi...
Kuwaiti Amiri Diwan Min. receives Emirates Post CEO
Kuwaiti Amiri Diwan Min. receives Emirates Post CEO
Kuwait: Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah received on Sunday at Bayan Palace the CEO of Emirates Post Group Abdullah Al-Ashram.During the meeting, Al-Ashram handed the Kuwaiti minister a commemorative postage stamp on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of the National Day, under the slogan (UAE loves Kuwait).UAE Ambassador to Kuwait Hamed Al-Neyadi attended the meeting.
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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP
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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP
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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP
Zionist jamming disrupts Lebanon ground, air traffic